Display-rack for electric wires.



L. GRAY.

DISPLAY RACK FOR ELECTRIC WIRES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1914.

Patented M21112, 1915.

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. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 13,1914. Serial No. 838,298.? 1

To all whom may concern: I I

Be it known that I, Lou GRAY, a citizen of the United States, residingat New Yorkcity, in the county of New York and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Racks forElectric Wires, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention contemplates the construction of racks for supportingspools of wire especially electric wire. It'also contemplates certainfeatures of construction whereby coils of such wire may be readily woundonto said spools for display in such a rack and whereby the spools are'm'ade readily removable, with the result that wire in various gradesandgages may be more readily. put up in the desired quantities.

Therefore the invention consists in the formation and construction ofparts and in their combination for the specified purpose substantiallyas hereinafterset forth and claimed.

For a full disclosure of the invention reference is made to theaccompanying drawings which form a part of this specification andwherein- Figure 1 represents in perspective one form of a wire displayrack embodying the invention, the view being taken from the rear of therack; Fig. 2 is aIpartially sectionized elevation ofthe spool used forholding coils that are to be wound therefrom onto the display spools;Fig. 3 isan elevation, partially in section, showing the reel shaftremoved from the rack and having thereon one of the display spools readyto be filled with wire; Fig. 41 is a perspective view of a display rackfor holding one tier of spools, and Fig. 5 is a front elevation of adisplay rack showing two tiers of spools.

The display racks consist of a frame'6 and a prop 7, preferably madefrom iron pipe. The number of spools to be supported in a rackdetermines its width and its height is determined by the conveniencewith which the upper spools may behandled. The spools areindicated by 8.In

i No winding dGVlCGlSSllOWIl with'the single- 81 Fig. 1 three tiers ofeight spools each is shown supported between the uprights 9 on made fortwo tiers of seven spools each, said I fPatentedMar. .1915.

spools being shown. place o'n their. re-

movable rods10'. The spools 8 may be made in any convenlent way as bysecuring flanges or collars 11 up0n a p1ece of pipe, Fig. 3. The hole inthe pipe provldes for the passage of the supportmg rods 10. The prop 7serves as the support for the coil-holding spool and the reel forwinding the display spools. The coll-holding spool, Fig. 2, consists ofa piece of pipe 12 screw-threaded for the reception of collars 13,between which the coil to be transferred to a display spool is clamped.WVhen the coil has been secured upon its spool the spool is located inthe prop on the removable rod 14 which acts as a journal therefor. Thisrod and all the other removablespool-supporting rods may have a knob,ring or handle at one end to facilitate the manipulation thereof. InFig. 1 such a handle is indicated at 15, on rod 14.

The reel consists of a shaft 16,- Fig. 3, which may have a crank 17 anda pulley 18 on one end for turning it, or only one of dotted lines 19,Fig. 1. The reel may besupported in any suitable way on the prop thatwill provide for readily removing it, as for instance, the reel shaftmaybe j ournaled in hook bearings 20 or in one hook bearing and an'eyebearing 21. The spools 8 have a hole'through one of the collars wherebya key 22'1nay be passed through it and the shaft 16 to hold the spool tothe shaft when winding wire from the coil ontothe spool. Any othersuitable form of device may be used for temporarily fixing the spools tosaid shaft. A rod as 22 may pierce the uprights ofv the prop 7 for thesupport of odd pieces of wire. Ina single-tier rack like that of. Fig.l, the prop 7 may be a single upright'with a T-foot if desired, andwhile the coil spool and reel are not shown in Fig. 5' it is understoodthat they may be used thereon the same as fully shown'in-Fig. 1.

tier rack, sincesuch rack would besupplied' ing a rack the coils ofcommerce are placed a upon the spools 1213 and wound therefrom uponspools 8 placed successively upon 7 Q V r i 1,130,591

In a removable electric wire rack made 5 frompipe, the comblnatlon of aframe hav ing a series of uprights,- -a"'series=of spools removablyjournaled between said uprights;

a "back support or' prop connected to" the frame, a coil holderremovably journaled on. 7 10 said prop, and a reel shaft also rernoyably101111121186 on said prop and adapted to hold successively the spools ofsaid series for filliiig them from coils supplied tosaid coil V holder,substantially asset forth.

"in presence of two Witnesses. V I

,v p LOU GRAY. "W'itfie'sses: Y

1 H NAT I L FISHMAN,

ELIZABETH WALLACE.

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